What Lives Where & Why? Understanding Biodiversity through Geospatial Exploration

• Published in: The American Biology Teacher
• Main Authors: Trautmann, Nancy M., MaKinster, James G., Batek, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 2013
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Education; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2013.75.7.4; https://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/75/7/462/637214/abt_2013_75_7_4.pdf

Using an interactive map-based PDF, students learn key concepts related to biodiversity while developing data-analysis and critical-thinking skills. The Bird Island lesson provides students with experience in translating geospatial data into bar graphs, then interpreting these graphs to compare biod...